Asked whether there is now the prospect of a property or land bubble, Mr Varadkar said:

On land bubble, I don’t. But I do think there is a lot of land that isn’t being made available for development quickly enough.

"That is why we brought in the derelict site levy, for example, and the vacant site tax to make sure there is more land available and is also why we are setting up the land development agency which will have CPO powers to acquire land and develop it.“But I haven’t seen convincing evidence of a land bubble at this stage. It’s something obviously we have to look out for.”

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